Overview
We act for many leading pharmaceutical companies, as well as many medical device and consumer healthcare manufacturers, as well as their insurers.
We provide specialist advice to the life sciences industry on all aspects of regulatory, liability and product safety issues and have assisted clients with the approval process for medicines, drug pharmacovigilance and compliance issues. In Paris our lawyers are specialists in advising on medical malpractice and pharmaceutical liability cases.
We assist our clients throughout the entire lifecycle of their products, providing advice on RD, clinical trials, approval and licensing, pharmacovigilance, regulatory and compliance issues as well as handling complaints, claims and recalls. We also advise on labelling, advertising and comparative claims for complex healthcare products.
In France, we have defended pharmaceutical/ medical product suppliers for over a decade. We also have been involved in mass tort claims in the US, and in the UK our product liability team is top ranked in both of the professions leading legal directories, Legal 500 and Chambers.
We can advise you on:
- Jurisdictional and cross border issues litigation in civil and criminal medical liability claims (including liability of medical practitioners, private and public healthcare institutions)
- Jurisdictional and cross border issues in life science and health products liability (Biomedical studies, drugs and vaccines, medical devices, cosmetic products)
- Worldwide monitoring of mass tort and major class actions involving life science and health products manufacturers
Arbitration
Our International Arbitration team represents commercial organisations in all sectors, with particular expertise in relation to construction and engineering, insurers and reinsurance, and advising governments. We advise in both institutional and ad-hoc arbitrations under many substantive laws, and including standard form contracts (such as FIDIC).
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Cyber and Data Risks
We are market leading advisors on cyber security and data risk to the insurance sector and the first choice law firm for insurers who indemnify these risks, advising both the insurers and policyholders who suffer data breach incidents and face claims in respect of data protection and information law. We provide our clients with a full service solution to address the reputational and financial impact that cyber security and data risk incidents can have.
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Directors' & Officer's Liability Insurance
We are acutely conscious of the potentially serious reputational, financial and personal impact D&O claims can carry with them for individuals, companies and their insurers. In recent years our lawyers have been instructed on many of France’s most significant D&O cases, offering pragmatic and focused solutions, tailored to the needs of our clients and the issues they face.
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Dispute Resolution
Our Dispute Resolution team has an established reputation for handling complex, high value commercial disputes and achieving successful and pragmatic solutions for our clients.
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Health, Safety & Environmental Risks
We advise clients in France and internationally on the full range of contentious and non-contentious environmental matters, many of which are high profile and of national significance.
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Industrial Risks
Our team advises insurers, manufacturers and producers in France and throughout Europe on industrial risks from a wide range of sectors. These include consumer goods, medical devices, pharmaceutical and healthcare, agrochemicals, food and drink, telecoms, biotechnology, automotive, mining and construction.
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Life Sciences
We act for many leading pharmaceutical companies, as well as many medical device and consumer healthcare manufacturers, as well as their insurers.
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Mediation
Insurance mediation law is one of our firm’s traditional and largest areas of activity. Our team dedicated to this activity provides advice and litigation assistance to insurance brokers, wholesale brokers, general agents and agents in the areas of life and non-life insurance.
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Tourism & Transport
Our tourism practice represents major tourism players (travel agencies, tour operators, etc.) and hotels in both national and international litigation.
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Who we are
Why choose DAC Beachcroft?
We’re a broad-based commercial firm serving a wide range of sectors with a strong heritage in insurance,
health and real estate. We combine excellent legal skills and cutting-edge delivery expertise to design
solutions that fit the needs of our clients – often involving clever uses of technology.
Insurance
DAC Beachcroft is recognised as a pre-eminent advisor to the insurance market, and we place a strong emphasis on the long-term relationships we build with you so that we can really add value to your business.
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Health and Social Care
DAC Beachcroft is regarded as market leaders in the provision of corporate, commercial and regulatory legal advice to healthcare providers.
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Real Estate
With 170 lawyers we are one of the largest Real Estate legal teams in the UK. Our extensive network gives us national, regional and local knowledge and access.
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Financial Services
We regularly advise product designers and manufacturers, trade bodies, and retailers, distributors and venture capitalists looking to invest in the financial services sector.
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Technology
As long-standing and trusted advisers in the technology sector, we deliver pragmatic and innovative solutions that empower you to make informed decisions about how best to maximise your success.
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Industry Specialisms
We combine our in-depth sector knowledge with astute commercial awareness and global reach.
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